BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU AgCenter has scheduled 20 field days and agricultural awareness events for youth across the state during 2015. Details on times and topics covered are being made available closer to the dates. Many other AgCenter events for producers and growers are planned throughout the year. Please contact AgCenter parish extension offices for more information.
Dates and locations for the events are as follows:
March 7, Acadiana Beef Cattle Producers Field Day at the Iberia Research Station, Jeanerette.
March 11, Louisiana Fisheries Forward 2015, which is co-sponsored by Louisiana Sea Grant, for the commercial fishing and seafood industry at the Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center, Houma.
April 22, Wheat and Oat Field Day at the Macon Ridge Research Station, Winnsboro.
April 22, High Fence Deer Management Field Day at the Bob R. Jones-Idlewild Research Station, Clinton.
April 20-26, AgMagic, an agricultural awareness exhibit for youth at Parker Coliseum on the LSU campus, Baton Rouge.
April 28, Northeast Region Youth Field Day at the Sweet Potato Research Station, Chase.
April 28, Northwest Regional Beef and Forage Field Day at the Red River Research Station, Bossier City.
May 8, Master Gardener Appreciation Day at the Hammond Research Station, Hammond.
May 12, Southwest Region Youth Field Day at the Rice Research Station, Crowley.
May 13-16, AgMagic on the River, an agricultural awareness exhibit for youth at Docville Farms, Violet.
May 15, Nursery Industry Open House and Azalea Lecture at the Hammond Research Station, Hammond.
June 16, Hill Farm Poultry Field Day at the Hill Farm Research Station, Homer.
June 17, Northeast Research Station Pest and Crop Production Field Day, St. Joseph.
June 20, Garden Fest at the Botanic Gardens at Burden, Baton Rouge.
July 1, 106th Rice Research Station Field Day, Crowley.
July 9, Dean Lee Research and Extension Center Field Day, Alexandria.
July 15, Sugarcane Field Day at the Sugar Research Station, St. Gabriel.
Oct. 8, Landscape Horticulture Field Day at the Hammond Research Station, Hammond.
Oct. 15, Beef Cattle and Forage Field Day at the Dean Lee Research and Extension Center, Alexandria.
Oct. 22-Nov. 8, AgMagic, an agricultural awareness exhibit for youth at the State Fair, Shreveport.
Linda Foster Benedict